COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS LIMITED

Registered charity 1147723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS, COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS LTD

Providing quality preschool education for children aged from 2 - 5years in a friendly, local setting. Also running a weekly toddler group for parents/guardians and their preschool children.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:- 1) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;2) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£64k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £27,015, causing total funds to decrease from £48,027 to £21,012. Due to falling numbers and losses, the trustees have concluded the charity will not be viable and decided to close the pre-school in May 2025. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: EY Funding (86% of income)
“Income from NYCC funding has decreased from £76,684 to £55,183” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: meet all liabilities in full (held: £21k)
“The trustees have established a level of reserves (that is those funds that are freely available) that the charity should have in order to meet all it's liabilities in full” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The trustees have reluctantly decided to close the pre-school in May 2025 whilst they still have sufficient assets to cover all liabilities.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£64k£91k
31/03/2024£100k£109k
31/03/2023£99k£113k
31/03/2022£91k£96k
31/03/2021£81k£87k

Common questions

Is COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £27,015, causing total funds to decrease from £48,027 to £21,012. Due to falling numbers and losses, the trustees have concluded the charity will not be viable and decided to close the pre-school in May 2025. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2019£10kCommunity Revitalize For Adults and Preschool Children

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHOLING COMMUNITY CENTRE PRESCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS LIMITED£64k—0unclear—not going concern
SHOLING COMMUNITY CENTRE PRESCHOOL FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
SARRATT DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
Crowland Community Preschool FY2025£79k—0unclear—no doubt
OATLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£210k—0unclear—no doubt
COGGES UNDER FIVES ASSOCIATION FY2024£129k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.